The Upaniṣads, Āraṇyakas, and Brāhmanas are more abstruse than the Purāṇas and Itihāsa, and even those are simplified compared to the Samhitā of Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma, and Atharva which they exist to clarify and explain. The Purāṇa and Itihāsa are designed to be the simple, easily understandable, part of the Veda. (Though the Atharva seems to contain many self-contained spells, these are meant to counteract and correct various mistakes and omissions in the larger rituals, and so are not really stand-alone spells).Įven if you want a translation just to get familiar with the meaning of the spells and rituals, the problem is there are no simple translations of the four Vedic Saṁhitā, mainly because it’s impossible… “simple” just isn’t what the Saṁhitā are. So, for many spells, you’ll have to study not only the Atharva Veda but also the other three. So, forget about a translation of the Atharva Veda! You certainly need to incant spells in their original language.Īlso, an incantation / mantra / spell won’t have its tangible effect without the contextual ritual for it. Vedic rituals span all four of the Saṁhitā (Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma, and Atharva). There’s a famous incident: by getting the wrong pitch on just one of the symbols of a spell, even the great and accomplished mystic magician Tvaṣṭā created a monster who would “have Indra as an enemy” rather than “be Indra’s enemy” and thus his summoned demon got killed by Indra rather than killing him to avenge the death of Tvaṣṭā’s noble son. In an incantation, even the pitch-intonation of a syllable is important. Even the Vedic language alone is very difficult and exacting (it is much more strict and difficult even than classical Purāṇic Saṁskṛta) not to mention the myriad other components of the ritual. Magic spells only work when they are done exactly right, and its pretty damn near impossible to do any Vedic rituals exactly right anymore. The real, practical magic wouldn’t happen in any profoundly tangible way. You might benefit from doing Atharva Veda spells, but the benefit would be mainly due to psychological and psychosomatic effect. QUESTION: I want to practice the magic spells from Atharva Veda, can you advise me on a good translation that’s really simple and explains things “for dummies.”
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